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Thursday, July 7, 2011

Dragging My Ass Out of the Mire

The blogosphere's collective thought waves can really help a girl out of a major rut. My writing is on the brain all the time. They just haven't made it to the page in a long time. Every time I sit down, my chest constricts and I panic. It's crap. Then I feel like crap. Once the self-deprecating thoughts suffocate my motivation, I question my goal to be a writer. Waaaah! Waaaah! Waaaah!

Note to self: Get your shit together.

So, I bring you a few blog posts that reinvigorated my motivation.Around of Words in 80 Days
Becky Taylor talks about a writing challenge that helped her make small writing goals to get her writing every day.

Writing Daily
C. Hope Clark discusses writing daily as well. She suggests writing in a specific form every day (prompt, short story, novel, poetry, etc).

My goal for the rest of this month is to respond to a writing prompt everyday in at least 500 words. That's it. A small start giving me the chance to improve my writing skills. My other goal is to live my writing life the way I live the rest of my life: quiet and solitary the majority of the time, and, on occasion, poke my head in socially.

Here are a few books I plan to read this summer:

Harry Potter Series, J.K. Rowling (I'm gearing up for the final movie next week!)

Obviously (because you know me) I've read the HP series. They're awesome. Also, Rebecca? It's AMAZING! after you read it, see the lawrence oliver film version. I had a crush on Maxim De Winter, seriously!